What have the artists said about the song?

West also told concreteloop that he recognizes the appeal of the song,

I set out not to just make records that could hop off the radio instantly, but stuff that will speak to people. People still bring up ‘Spaceships’ to me. And people compare ‘Can’t Tell Me Nothing’ to ‘Spaceships’ saying that’s a song that inspires them when they going to work. But the chords itself is like a Led Zeppelin, Rock melody. Yeah, you thinking it’s made for the car and you thinking it’s made for the club, and it works in the arena because DJ Toomp did the drums and all that, but the actual melody is made to rock 50,000 people.